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— This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Have you ever been given an image with a bucket load of text on it and had to transcript it to readable text, not the most fun for a creative to do. But now you need worry no longer.. Here’s what you do: Open Microsoft onenote,…
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— This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Firstly take a look at this link on Google Plastic. It has 20×20 resolution, is fully interactive and absolutely no lag! https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/plastic . I have to say I was very excited to see what Google had to offer next…. (thanks Lizzie!) Samsung Gear VR On to more virtual…
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— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — After the Ebola Community Project was given it’s official name iCARE (Infection Prevention Control and Ebola Resilience Education) I was asked to come up with some designs for a logo. Step 1: Sketch out ideas I began by doing a few sketches with pencil and paper,…
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What is the Flipped Classroom? In order to define the flipped classroom, let’s first talk about traditional teaching methods, where the teacher gives a student a task, for example, reading a chapter of a book. This would then be discussed the next day in class and then the student would be given an assignment based…
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I have written this blog to share my experience in my learning curve with design and layout. The main thing that set off my search for knowledge in design and layout was from the discovery that my knowledge in this area was lacking and somewhat weak. The knowledge I have gained throughout the years was through copying and working with…
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Recording the spoken word is a little bit more tricky than recording live vocals to a song. This post will explain what equipment to use to get the best possible recording on a restricted budget. Firstly, don’t use a mic that is designed for live performance. Yes I’m talking to you Shure SM58, the SM58…
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Added jQuery to your Lectora project, to create an image slider. I have created this blog entry to help anyone who is struggling to create an image slider in Lectora. Open and save a new Lectora project. Within the folder structure create a new folder called Script. You will need to download the following two…
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There has been a fair amount of research done since the late 1990s around formative assessment and it has become apparent that the use of formative assessment enhances students’ learning experience (Nicol, 2009) whilst also making a significant contribution to the improvement of retention rates (Yorke, 2005. Yorke & Longden, 2004. Tinto, 1993). Using formative assessment can…
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PebblePocket is an app powered by PebblePad that lets you quickly create assets on the go. It allows you to edit and save mobile assets on your device and send them to your Pebble+ asset store. It is available for both Apple and Android devices. For more information, access the PebblePocket Moodle page or Staff…
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— This post was written by Tim Wheeler — Unity 3D During the course of 2014-15 TELMED developed the Open Wide and Step Inside project with the Peninsula School of Dentistry’s Community Engagement Team. Which has been shown to hundreds of primary-level school children in the Immersive Vision Theatre. The short film was aimed at improving oral health and wellbeing…
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— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — This week marks the first sprint of our rework of our Virtual Patient system, and the focus of these first two weeks is to establish the branding that the project will conform to and be associated with in all future sprints and across all usage once…
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Online discussion areas are widely used across all spectrums. For example, if you want to find out how to make a kite, or remove grout haze from ceramic tiles, an internet search for these things will inevitably direct you to at least one online community and an online discussion. They have been used to good effect…
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Over the last few months we have been working together to create a new template design that we can pull all of our existing Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) into. Currently, all of the existing RLO’s have been made by different developers, old and new and by placement students and mostly in Flash, some even in…
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Which tool should I use? Before deciding on whether to use Storyline or Lectora please read through this short document on the comparisons between the two. There is no outright winner between the two, platform has different strengths and weaknesses and choosing the best software really depends on your specific needs and technical capabilities. I’ve…
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The term ‘Blended Learning’ certainly isn’t a new one and has been in common usage for some time now. Some of you may have heard the term and thought no more of it, and some of you may have decided that it isn’t for you, as you might feel face-to-face teaching is the best method. What is blended…
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Wearable technology has been around longer than you think. It’s not all VR goggles and fitness bands. Early wearable technology was first seen in around 1966 with the invention of a device about the size of a cigarette packet that strapped to a wrist and measured the speed of a roulette wheel transmitting its predictions…
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— This post was written by Tim Wheeler — I’ve been looking at Augmented Reality lately and how it can help give additional educational information without to much of the tech getting in the way. The majority of us have a phone that is internet connected and thats all you need to take advantage of…
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We (TELMeD) have explored, developed and blogged about various gamification and GBL (Game Based Learning) projects recently and its probably the most challenging and fun part of the job (at least from my point of view!). But if your a newcomer reading this… what is gamification? To quote from a Lynda course I watched to…
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— This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour — Here is a quick shortlist of some points you can implement for your eLearning tools to make them for interactive and more compelling for your learners: Explore Humans are naturally inquisitive, so you can entice your learners by inviting them to explore through your content, rather…
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Following completion of a Lynda.com tutorial “ID Essentials:Adult Learners” I thought about creating this post to consolidate my learning and share with you. Adult Learning Principles There are a number of concepts and theories out there that tell us how adults learn best. A key point is that Adults MUST play an active role in their own learning…
